Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net to electoralism@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoUS citizen abroad — should I abstain, vote PSL, or spoil my ballot?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareUS citizen abroad — should I abstain, vote PSL, or spoil my ballot?Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net to electoralism@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
Ultimately even with an absentee ballot I would be voting from stolen land, so this is why I am hesitant.
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days ago upward momentum is a good motivator. You mean that seeing that a socialist party is doing ever better in the polls creates motivation for socialists to keep fighting?
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·3 days agoIt’s just good for agitprop purposes, really, electoralism is worthless.
minus-squareErika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoYeah, I’m not exactly expecting any amount of voting to actually meaningfully change the trajectory of the USA’s immediate future.
You mean that seeing that a socialist party is doing ever better in the polls creates motivation for socialists to keep fighting?
It’s just good for agitprop purposes, really, electoralism is worthless.
Yeah, I’m not exactly expecting any amount of voting to actually meaningfully change the trajectory of the USA’s immediate future.